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Why MotoGP fans must be patient and accept some pain with Liberty's takeover

It is a blockbuster deal that will get the financial markets hot and bothered. Liberty Media's acquisition of Dorna Sports from Bridgepoint Capital has come in a deal worth €4.2 billion. That's not bad for a company that was worth around €500 million in 2006, when Bridgepoint bought Dorna from…

Motorsport

Why MotoGP fans must be patient and accept some pain with Liberty’s takeover

It is a blockbuster deal that will get the financial markets hot and bothered. Liberty Media’s acquisition of Dorna Sports from Bridgepoint Capital has come in a deal worth €4.2 billion. That’s not bad for a company that was worth around €500 million in 2006, when Bridgepoint bought Dorna from…

Autosport

Nelson Piquet – one of F1’s most formidable champions

After giving up on a promising tennis career, Piquet rose through the single-seater ranks following the advice of another Brazilian great, Emerson Fittipaldi, and came to Europe to follow his F1 dream.

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Times F1 team-mates were not equal – car changes and team orders

Williams has made the decision to put Albon into Sargeant’s car for the remainder of the weekend after the British-Thai driver suffered a big crash at Turn 6 in Melbourne.

Autosport

James Stunt loses High Court dispute over £4m Van Dyck painting

James Stunt argued his father Geoffrey was the true owner of the painting

Evening Standard

Ex-Ferrari Driver Felipe Massa Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Over Loss of 2008 F1 Championship

The Brazilian missed out on the 2008 driver's championship title by one point to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Latin Times

What we have learned about Massa's £64m F1 court action

Almost one year on from revealing that he was considering legal action over F1 and the FIA’s handling of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix ‘crashgate’ controversy, Massa has put his money where his mouth is in seeking redress.

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Former driver Massa says he’s suing F1 and FIA over crash he claims cost him the 2008 title

Felipe Massa files lawsuit against FIA, FOM, and Ecclestone to claim 2008 F1 title, seeking $82 million in damages.

The Hindu

Felipe Massa Files Lawsuit Seeking 2008 F1 Title

Former F1 driver Felipe Massa files lawsuit to claim 2008 championship title, alleging FIA's failure to act on 'Crashgate' incident.

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British socialite in High Court dispute over centuries-old painting

James Stunt purchased a painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck in 2013, it is claimed

Evening Standard

DHL extends record partnership with F1 beyond 20 years

DHL is one of several sponsors that were first signed up in the days of former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, and which have continued through the Liberty Media era.

Autosport

How Christian Horner rose to power in Formula One … and stayed there

Team principal initially had Bernie Ecclestone’s backing in a sport where his rivals would otherwise have eaten the upstart alive

The Guardian - UK

Why Andretti doesn’t accept F1’s rejection arguments

Liberty Media and Formula 1 have done some great things for the championship since 2017, but last week they scored what some may see as an own goal.

Autosport

F1 owner Liberty Media tops list of world’s most valuable “sports empires”

Liberty has previously topped the Forbes Top 25 list, which consists mainly of individuals and entities that own several major US sports franchises, although some also own top European football teams.

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Why motorsport has a lot to thank John Webb for

I never got to meet John Webb. More’s the pity because I didn’t get the chance to say thank you. And there’s a lot I have to thank him for. But for Webb and all that he did at Brands Hatch and beyond, I probably wouldn’t be sitting at my…

Evening Standard

Burglar in £26m raid on Tamara Ecclestone's Kensington mansion 'freed from jail after two years'

Alessandro Donati was given an eight-year sentence in November 2021 for ransacking celebrity homes

Motorsport

The Ferrari that’s guaranteed to be on the F1 podium

The word champagne had always been synonymous with the sport, and in the Bernie Ecclestone era that extended to one producer securing the rights to be an official partner of F1.

Evening Standard

£26m celebrity burglary suspect arrested in Serbia after Tamara Ecclestone offers huge reward

Other alleged victims included former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard and his wife Christine

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Las Vegas Grand Prix: Formula One taking expensive gamble that isn't guaranteed to pay off

Interest in F1 has experienced a huge surge in the United States, but there are fears that the sport is only in Sin City for the show

Evening Standard

F1 on the right track in Las Vegas after parking lot past

The race is set to be a sell-out and Formula One and sponsors are spending big to attract A-listers

The Guardian - UK

Brawn and Button’s unlikely F1 fairytale retold in new series

Documentary charts how the struggling team bought for £1 went on to win the 2009 championship against the odds

Autosport

How Brawn documentary brings nuance to one of F1's best underdog tales

If you were to describe Formula 1 as a film genre, action, thriller and, sadly, tragedy would be among the first three options that come to mind. But for the 2009 campaign, ‘fairytale’ is the only word that fits the bill.

Evening Standard

Brawn on Disney+ review: the full-throttle tale of an F1 revolution

Keanu Reeves is an unlikely but warm narrator in the recounting of this compelling underdog story

Autosport

Why has Felipe Massa launched legal action against F1? Everything explained

While Lewis Hamilton is chasing a record-breaking eighth Formula 1 world championship, Felipe Massa could make things more difficult for the Mercedes driver.

The Guardian - UK

Think what we could do with Bernie Ecclestone’s taxes

Brief letters: HMRC windfall | Omitted concert movies | Glittering Keir Starmer

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